Venue 33: Pleasance Courtyard
- 60 Pleasance, EH8 9TJ
- 0131 556 6550
- www.pleasance.co.uk
- www.edfringe.com
Shows at this venue in 2011
The Tim Bat Trick Show
- 8
- 3-17 Aug 2011
A fast, funny and exciting show for children of all ages, packed with quirky comedy and trickery featuring yoyos, spinning... Full listing
List Operators for Kids do Compooters
- 9
- 3-13 & 15-21 Aug 2011
Following their smash hit debut in 2010, this award-winning duo are back in Version 2.0 exploring the cyberspace interweb thingo,... Full listing
Phillipa and Will Are Now in a Relationship
- 8
- 3-16 & 18-29 Aug 2011
Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness. Whoever wrote that clearly never met Phillipa and Will: an... Full listing
Revolting Rhymes
- Storytelling
- 8
- 3-29 Aug 2011
The Roald Dahl Museum's delumptious storytellers return for an interactive performance of Roald Dahl's wildest and most outrageous stories from... Full listing
A Visit From Miss Prothero
- Play
- 9
- 23-28 Aug 2011
Nicholas Parsons, 'Great' (Scotsman), A star of stage screen and radio he joins Suki Webster, 'Hilarious' (Guardian) actress/improviser, in this... Full listing
Mervyn Stutter's Pick of the Fringe
- 10
- 6-9, 11-16, 18-22 & 24-28 Aug 2011
Twentieth year! The best and only daily showcase of Fringe talent. Every day Mervyn and his team carefully research the... Full listing
The Thinking Drinker's Guide to Alcohol
- 9
- 4-29 Aug 2011
Before we start, we'd like to make one thing absolutely clear. There are going to be free drinks at this... Full listing
The Showcase Show
- 9.50
- 5-28 Aug 2011
Best of Edinburgh Comedy every lunchtime showcasing a different laugh-out-loud line-up daily. Top headliners and the hottest rising comedy stars... Full listing
Apply Within
- Music
- 9.50
- 3-28 Aug 2011
Wanted: audience members for job-hunting comedy musical. Responsibilities: the successful candidates will follow our hero Joe, thrust by sudden redundancy... Full listing
Brilliant Books for Kids
- Storytelling
- 5
- 4-21 & 26-28 Aug 2011
It's story time! A selection of fun, quirky, modern picture books that children and their adults will enjoy equally, chosen... Full listing
Chaos
- Play
- 11
- 3-14 & 16-29 Aug 2011
Performed by Turku City Theatre and coordinated by ACE Production. When two respectable, 30-something sisters and their friend end up... Full listing
Skittles
- 10
- 3-15 & 17-29 Aug 2011
A story about love. (And sweets, which are more reliable) "Utterly compelling... Richard Marsh's rhyming book and lyrics are on... Full listing
Seminar
- Stand-up
- 14.10
- 3-14 & 16-28 Aug 2011
Is proven to lead to marriage failure, flatulence, job loss, dizzy spells, infertility, gastric ulcer, hair loss, redundancy, teeth grinding,... Full listing
Flanders and Swann
- Music
- 9.50
- 5-16 & 18-29 Aug 2011
Multi-award-winning comedian Tim FitzHigham and BBC Radio 4 Showstopper! star Duncan Walsh Atkins are back with a brand new selection... Full listing
Four For Jericho
- 11
- 4-15 & 17-29 Aug 2011
Diving into the red-hot passions of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict, a hapless English tourist sets out to film the Holy Land... Full listing
Merv's 20th Year Gala Show
- 12.50
- 17 Aug 2011
Merv's Pick of the Fringe celebrates 20 years of showcasing talent. Specially invited guests for the biggest night of variety... Full listing
Cul-De-Sac
- Play
- 10
- 3-14, 16-21 & 23-28 Aug 2011
This brilliant spin on Stepford Wives is an irresistibly twisted tale of ordinary men, women, and their dogs. An absurdly... Full listing
Taketh Me Away
- 10
- 3-14 & 16-29 Aug 2011
'I was doing the dishes at home, pretending I was Jason's wife and I'd just cooked him his favourite tea,... Full listing
Ben Brailsford - My Fortnum and Mason Hell
- Music
- 9
- 3-21 & 23-28 Aug 2011
On 26th March 2011 classical bassoonist Ben Brailsford participated in a peaceful protest at an upmarket London grocer. He was... Full listing
Ford and Akram: Humdinger
- Stand-up
- 9.50
- 4-14 & 16-29 Aug 2011
Imagine a double act with just two people. Imagine Colin Farrell, batmitzvahs, mime, songs, simulator hat-bags and semi highbrow literature.... Full listing
Max and Ivan Are Holmes and Watson
- Sketch show / storytelling
- 11
- 3-15 & 17-29 Aug 2011
The world's greatest detective tackles Chicago's murky underworld in his final thrilling escapade, recently discovered by award-winning comedy duo Max... Full listing
The Tim Vine Chat Show
- Chat show
- 13.50
- 3-9, 11-16 & 18-29 Aug 2011
The King of the One Liners chats to guests plucked from the audience. It could be Martin from Leeds, who... Full listing
Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award Show
- 14
- 28 Aug 2011
Every year a sell-out! The UK's first and premiere award for live comedy. See the 2011 winners and nominees of... Full listing
Potted Potter: The Unauthorised Harry Experience - A Parody by Dan and Jeff
- Storytelling
- 11
- 3-16 Aug 2011
All seven Harry Potter books in 70 minutes! Return of Fringe classic starring Olivier nominees Dan and Jeff from CBBC.... Full listing
Ed Reardon: A Writer's Burden
- Play
- 12
- 3-29 Aug 2011
As heard on Radio 4's Ed Reardon's Week, Christopher Douglas stars as Ed, the Bard of Berkhamsted... failed writer, fare... Full listing
Nick Helm - Dare to Dream
- Stand-up
- 12
- 4-9, 11-16 & 18-29 Aug 2011
Multi award-losing comedian and professional dick-kicker Nick Helm will sweat in a portacabin for an hour as he stamps out... Full listing
Paul Merton's Impro Chums
- Improv
- 14.50
- 19-27 Aug 2011
Paul Merton and his highly acclaimed Impro Chums are wonders of nature. Impro Chums take audience suggestions and create cascades... Full listing
The Adventurers Club - The Great Arctic Caper
- 6.50
- 4-29 Aug 2011
Adventurers! Think cold snap's a card game? Think polar bears look cuddly? Giggle about Arctic wind? Then join Tim FitzHigham... Full listing
John Hegley Family Word Ship
- 12
- 3-18 Aug 2011
Anybody over seven. Come and sing in lingo heaven. Mandolin and finely tuning. Hopping scotch and afternooning. 'Awesomely mundane' (Independent). Full listing
Casablanca: The Gin Joint Cut
- 15
- 3-7, 9-14, 16-21 & 23-29 Aug 2011
A lovingly disrespectful homage to one of the classic films of all time, a superb multi-tasking cast whisk you back... Full listing
The Noise Next Door - Their Finest Hour
- Improv
- 12
- 3-9, 11-16 & 18-29 Aug 2011
The greatest show on earth is about to begin... at least that's the plan. Immerse yourself in the game-changing new... Full listing
The Real MacGuffins: Skitsophrenic
- Sketch show
- 11
- 4-11 & 13-29 Aug 2011
Following 2010's sell out debut show, the boys return to the Pleasance Courtyard with a brand new hour of hilarious... Full listing
Toby - Lucky
- Sketch show
- 9.50
- 3-14 & 16-29 Aug 2011
Sarah: childlike, troubled and suffering from delusions of grandeur. Winner of the Tunbridge Wells Girls' Grammar School Theatre Prize 2003.... Full listing
Bring Me the Head of Adam Riches
- Sketch show
- 11
- 3-29 Aug 2011
Total sell-out 2008, 2009, 2010! Chortle Award nominated character comic Adam Riches returns with a brand new show that's 'All... Full listing
John-Luke Roberts and Nadia Kamil: The Behemoth
- Sketch show / stand-up
- 10
- 3-15 & 17-29 Aug 2011
Massive sketch comedy, two normal-sized people. John-Luke Roberts 'Distracts You From A Murder... Brilliant solo debut' (Independent), E4, BBC3, R4's... Full listing
Matthew Crosby: AdventureParty
- Stand-up
- 12
- 3-15 & 17-29 Aug 2011
Matthew Crosby, the short one with the glasses from sketch favourites, Pappy's (if.comedy Award nominees, Chortle Award winners), presents his... Full listing
Sheeps: A Sketch Show
- Sketch show
- 9.50
- 3-15 & 17-28 Aug 2011
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the greatest arts festival in the world. Plenty for all to see! So why Sheeps?... Full listing
Isy Suttie: Pearl and Dave
- 11.50
- 3-14 & 16-29 Aug 2011
Hilarious, heartbreaking, multi-character tale of internet romance from musical stand-up Isy, known as Peep Show's Dobby (C4). With vignettes from... Full listing
Jack Whitehall and his father Michael - Back Chat
- Chat show / stand-up
- 11
- 24-28 Aug 2011
An hour of comedy, chat and music. Jack Whitehall (British Comedy Award Nominee, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Stand Up For... Full listing
Jessica Ransom: Unsung Heroes
- Sketch show
- 9
- 3-14 & 16-29 Aug 2011
Following the sell-out success of Ransom's Million - and guest-starring on The Armstrong & Miller Show (BBC One), Fast And... Full listing
Nicholas Parsons' Happy Hour
- Chat show
- 11
- 5-8, 10-13 & 15-20 Aug 2011
More flamboyant than ever, this stage, screen and Fringe legend returns for his 11th successive year with his sell out... Full listing
Itch: A Scratch Event
- 8
- 15 & 16 Aug 2011
Itch Edinburgh - a mixed bag of brand new work. Rehearsed and unrehearsed scripts, a bunch of talent, and lots... Full listing
Dan Antopolski, Tom Craine & Nat Luurtsema: Jigsaw
- Sketch show
- 9.50
- 3-29 Aug 2011
Dan Antopolski (Triple Perrier nominee, Dave Award winner 2009) 'Hilarious, imaginative and wonderfully cheap' (Independent) joins forces with Tom Craine... Full listing
Joe Wilkinson: My Mum's Called Stella and My Dad's Called Brian
- Stand-up
- 9.50
- 3-9, 11-16, 18-23 & 25-28 Aug 2011
Award-winning stand-up comedian tells you in great detail that nothing has really ever happened to him. Or has it? Not... Full listing
Roisin Conaty: Destiny's Dickhead
- Stand-up
- 9.50
- 3-14 & 16-28 Aug 2011
Fosters Comedy Award Best Newcomer 2010, star of Russell Howard's Good News and The Angina Monologues, Roisin returns to Edinburgh... Full listing
4 Poofs and a Piano - Business as Usual
- Music
- 15
- 3-16 & 18-28 Aug 2011
Whatever happened to 4 Poofs and a Piano? Shaken but not stirred, they're back and this time its hormonal! Everyone's... Full listing
Eric Lampaert
- Stand-up
- 9.50
- 3-15 & 17-28 Aug 2011
Willkommen. Bienvenue and welcome to star of ITV2's OMG! With Peaches and 2010 Winner of Latitude Best New Act Award,... Full listing
Holly Walsh - The Hollycopter
- Stand-up
- 9.50
- 3-14 & 16-28 Aug 2011
Last August, Holly Walsh jumped off a 40ft pier in a homemade helicopter. She then spent four days in hospital.... Full listing
Kerry Godliman - Wonder Woman
- Stand-up
- 12
- 3-16 & 18-28 Aug 2011
The comedy wonder of Godliman has been in hot demand. Star of Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, BBC Two's Home Time... Full listing
Lady Garden
- Sketch show
- 9.50
- 3-15 & 17-29 Aug 2011
You are cordially invited to (pay to) watch the (self-dubbed) World's Greatest All-Female Five-Person Sketch Group perform their latest offering.... Full listing
Ian D Montfort - Spirit Comedium
- Magic
- 11
- 3-28 Aug 2011
Tom Binns returns with an incredible new show for Ian D Montfort, a spookily skilful, wonderfully observed and hysterically funny... Full listing
Delete the Banjax: Pigs and Ponies
- Sketch show
- 9.50
- 3-14 & 16-29 Aug 2011
Everyone's (my) favourite sketch comedy group, 'Delete the Banjax', return to Edinburgh to do some stuff in a shed. What... Full listing
NewsRevue
- Satire / sketch show
- 13.50
- 3-15 & 17-28 Aug 2011
A compilation of the year's best material from the Canal Cafe's London shows. News Revue is a national and international... Full listing
Andi Osho: All the Single Ladies
- Stand-up
- 14
- 3-15 & 17-29 Aug 2011
Following her hit 2010 Edinburgh debut, Andi Osho (BBC2's Mock The Week and Channel 4's Stand Up for the Week)... Full listing
Amateur Transplants: Adam Kay's Smutty Songs
- Music
- 11.50
- 3-14 & 16-29 Aug 2011
Amateur Transplants front man Adam Kay is going to sing you some smutty songs. Fringe sell-out 2005-2010. 'This made me... Full listing
Chris McCausland - Big Time
- Stand-up
- 12
- 3-16 & 18-28 Aug 2011
'A must see!' (Sunday Times). 'Critics choice' (Times). 'One to watch' (John Bishop). Following last year's five star show, the... Full listing
Imran Yusuf - Bring the Thunder
- Stand-up
- 12
- 3-28 Aug 2011
A brand new show about unrelenting enthusiasm and perseverance from the star of Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow and Edinburgh Comedy... Full listing
Stuart Goldsmith: Another Lovely Crisis
- Stand-up
- 10
- 3-16 & 18-28 Aug 2011
'Expert stand-up' (Sunday Times), 'Consistently, dependably, utterly funny' ***** (ThreeWeeks). Whether cheering up a distressed child, helping prevent a riot... Full listing
Colin Hoult's Inferno
- Sketch show
- 14
- 3-15 & 17-29 Aug 2011
Highly original, groundbreaking character comedian Colin Hoult follows his hugely successful shows Carnival of Monsters and Enemy of the World... Full listing
AAA Stand-Up
- Stand-up
- 10
- 3-29 Aug 2011
Total sell-out 2005-2010 returns with a brand new line-up. Simon Feilder, 'Nervy, excitable, simmering energy that's compelling to watch. Unashamedly... Full listing
Humphrey Ker is Dymock Watson: Nazi Smasher!
- Storytelling
- 12.50
- 3-16 & 18-29 Aug 2011
In 1943 Dymock Watson was parachuted into Romania on a secret mission. In 2011 his grandson Humphrey Ker gives his... Full listing
Josh Widdicombe: If This Show Saves One Life
- Stand-up
- 11
- 3-14 & 16-28 Aug 2011
Hotly anticipated debut show from one of comedy's fastest rising stars. Winner FHM Stand Up Hero 2010, Leicester Mercury Comedian... Full listing
Matt Rudge - We Could Be Heroes
- Stand-up
- 12
- 3-9, 11-16 & 18-29 Aug 2011
He was supposed to be a hero, like his dad. Like Rambo. Or that Jesus dude. But it never worked... Full listing
David O'Doherty is Looking Up
- Music / stand-up
- 15
- 3-14 & 16-29 Aug 2011
2008 Edinburgh comedy award winner, 2010 Irish comedian of the year, founder member of Destiny's Child, star of 2Fast 2Furious... Full listing
Tim FitzHigham: Gambler
- Stand-up / storytelling
- 12
- 3-16 & 18-29 Aug 2011
Spirit of the Fringe, multi award-winning, Perrier nominated comedian, author, explorer and air recycler Tim FitzHigham is back in a... Full listing
Zoe Lyons - Clownbusting
- Stand-up
- 12
- 3-28 Aug 2011
Fresh from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and as seen on Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow and Mock the Week. If.comedy... Full listing
Neil Delamere: Divilment
- Stand-up
- 12
- 4-14 & 16-28 Aug 2011
After a year off, Neil returns to the Fringe with a new show that seeks everyday mischief. Tomfoolery is what... Full listing
Shappi Khorsandi: Me and My Brother in Our Pants, Holding Hands
- Stand-up
- 14
- 3-28 Aug 2011
A show about a brother and sister who were best friends but also beat each other up. 'Piercingly funny material'... Full listing
Andrew Lawrence - The Best Kept Secret in Comedy Tour
- Stand-up
- 12.50
- 3-28 Aug 2011
As seen on BBC One's Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, double Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, double Chortle Award nominee, Best UK... Full listing
Tartan Ribbon Comedy Benefit
- 12
- 15 Aug 2011
A top night of comedy with proceeds going to Waverley Care. Previous line-ups: Michael McIntyre, Stephen K Amos, Russell Howard,... Full listing
Elis James: Do You Remember the First Time?
- Stand-up
- 12
- 3-17, 19 & 21-29 Aug 2011
A chance encounter with a celebrity, an accident at a wedding and the good old-fashioned drunkenness of others make this... Full listing
Nathan Caton: Get Rich or Die Cryin'
- Stand-up
- 9.50
- 3-15 & 17-29 Aug 2011
The award-winning comedian (as seen and heard on ITV's FHM Stand-Up Hero and BBC Radio 4) tackles everything from race... Full listing
Seann Walsh: Ying and Young
- Stand-up
- 11
- 3-14 & 16-28 Aug 2011
Following last year's sold out debut, stand-up's freshest young upstart presents an all-new hour of razor-sharp observational comedy. As seen... Full listing
Alfie Joey - Monopolise!
- Music
- 9
- 22 Aug 2011
Take a chance on Alfie Joey's One-man comedy musical! Fred Astaire / Mel Brooks style numbers in a Sam Spade... Full listing
David Reed: Shamblehouse
- Stand-up / sketch show
- 11
- 3-15 & 17-29 Aug 2011
David Reed's anticipated solo debut... a one-man sketch comedy show of new characters and stories. One-third of Fringe favourites The... Full listing
Gareth Richards: It's Not the End of the World
- Stand-up
- 9.50
- 4-17 & 19-29 Aug 2011
There are predictions that the world will end in 2012, Gareth Richards, 2010 Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Newcomer nominee and... Full listing
Henry Paker - Cabin Fever
- Stand-up
- 9.50
- 3-14 & 16-28 Aug 2011
Constructs of the gleefully absurd. 'If you like Bill Bailey but can't bear the thought of what's living in that... Full listing
Idiots of Ants
- Sketch show
- 11
- 3-14, 16-21 & 23-29 Aug 2011
Following appearances on BBC1 and Radio 4, the Ants (2010 Chortle Award Winners and 2009 Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominees) return... Full listing
Matt Green: Too Much Information
- Stand-up
- 11
- 4-14, 16-21 & 23-28 Aug 2011
Overwhelmed by life? Constantly distracted? Can't finish a ... ooh what's that? Why do we know more about The X... Full listing
Steve Hall's Very Still Life
- Stand-up
- 9.50
- 3-14 & 16-29 Aug 2011
A show about achieving things, if I can be bothered to write it. We Are Klang man and Russell Howard... Full listing
Asher Treleaven: Matador
- Stand-up
- 10.50
- 4-8, 10-15 & 17-28 Aug 2011
Best Newcomer nominee 2010. The dapper Australian returns, his wit is as sharp as his outfit, to take on modern... Full listing
Pope Benedict: Bond Villain
- Stand-up
- 9.50
- 3-15 & 17-29 Aug 2011
Pope Benedict has a creepy accent, priceless art collection and diplomatic immunity. His real name's Ratzinger. He heads a sinister... Full listing
Dan Clark - Three Nights Only
- Stand-up
- 14.50
- 5-7 Aug 2011
Best known as star and creator of BBC3s sitcom How Not to Live Your Life and Johnny Two Hats in... Full listing
Russell Kane: Manscaping
- Stand-up
- 17.50
- 12-21 & 23-26 Aug 2011
Join Fosters Comedy Award winner and star of loads of stuff on telly, Russell Kane, as he mercilessly explores the... Full listing
Tom Stade: What Year Was That?
- Stand-up
- 12
- 3-14 & 16-28 Aug 2011
Direct from a sell out UK tour. Star of Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, Stand Up for the Week and Tramadol... Full listing
The Boy With Tape On His Face
- Stand-up
- 12.50
- 15-28 Aug 2011
The Boy returns with his award-winning show. It's still good. The silent comedy show that has created a lot of... Full listing
Des Bishop - My Dad Was Nearly James Bond
- Stand-up
- 14
- 3-14 Aug 2011
Following a critically acclaimed run at last year's Festival and a succession of sold out venues all over Ireland, Des... Full listing
Terry Alderton
- Stand-up
- 12
- 3-14 & 16-28 Aug 2011
Star of Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow. Winner of the ThreeWeeks Critics Award 2010. Best International Comedian by the New Zealand... Full listing
The Rob Deering Experience
- Stand-up / musical
- 9.50
- 3-14 & 16-28 Aug 2011
Rob Deering and his guitar, the finest double act working in Britain today, return to Edinburgh. Experience his incredible backing... Full listing
Tom Rosenthal: Child of Privilege
- Stand-up
- 12
- 3-15 & 17-29 Aug 2011
Ladies and Gentlemen, announcing Master Tom Rosenthal. He plays Jonny Goodman in Channel 4's Friday Night Dinner and is the... Full listing
The W. Kamau Bell Curve - Ending Racism In About An Hour
- Stand-up
- 12
- 3-9, 11-16 & 18-29 Aug 2011
Kamau has been praised by Punchline Magazine as 'one of America's most adept racial commentators' and by Robin Williams as... Full listing
Rich Hall
- Stand-up
- 16
- 3-14 & 16-28 Aug 2011
Strident apocalyptic invective. Fabulations. Rich returns to Edinburgh after a sell out tour of the UK with a new show... Full listing
Benny Boot: Set-Up, Punchline... Pause for Laughter
- Stand-up
- 9.50
- 3-21 & 23-29 Aug 2011
Join Benny Boot ***** (ThreeWeeks), 'Keen instinct for jokes' (Chortle.co.uk). NBC's Last Comic Standing finalist previews his debut show Set-up,... Full listing
James Acaster: Amongst Other Things
- Stand-up
- 12
- 3-15 & 17-28 Aug 2011
After a fantastic year touring the UK supporting Milton Jones and Josie Long, James Acaster brings his exciting debut show... Full listing
My Name Is Hannibal: The Hannibal Montanabal Experience
- Stand-up
- 11.50
- 3-14 & 16-29 Aug 2011
Cool, confident and intelligent, American comedian Hannibal Buress is a favourite at the Montreal, Chicago, New York and Melbourne Comedy... Full listing
Tom Price: Say When
- Stand-up
- 12
- 3-15 & 17-28 Aug 2011
Tom Price (Torchwood BBC1, Swinging C5, Senseless MTV) presents his highly anticipated debut Edinburgh solo show, Say When. Can optimism,... Full listing
The Best Of Clever Peter
- Sketch show
- 10
- 24 & 25 Aug 2011
For 2 nights only, award-winning and BBC Radio 4 commissioned sketch group perform some of the best sketches from their... Full listing
Chris Ramsey: Offermation
- Stand-up
- 9.50
- 3-28 Aug 2011
Following a total sell-out debut in 2010, Chris returns to Edinburgh with his second solo stand-up show. After a fantastic... Full listing
Storytellers' Club
- Music / storytelling
- 10
- 4-6, 11-13, 18-20 & 25-27 Aug 2011
Every night comedians gather round the campfire to tell witching hour tales. Our special guests are festival stars from all... Full listing
BUG Hosted By Adam Buxton
- Stand-up / music
- 15
- 25-29 Aug 2011
The Edinburgh debut of the BFI's smash-hit show. Sony Award-winning Adam Buxton shows you the most extraordinary, innovative and downright... Full listing
Dead Cat Bounce: Caged Heat
- Music / stand-up
- 12
- 3-14 & 16-28 Aug 2011
After a year touring the world's major comedy festivals, Ireland's favourite comedy rock supergroup return to Edinburgh with their biggest... Full listing
Late Night Gimp Fight!
- Sketch show
- 9.50
- 3-19 & 21-29 Aug 2011
Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominees 2010 and Chortle Award Winners are back with a brand new hour of fast paced,... Full listing
Vive Le Cabaret
- 12
- 3-29 Aug 2011
The show that led the cabaret revolution on the Edinburgh Fringe in 2010 is even bigger and better than before. Full listing
Angelos Epithemiou and Friends
- 14
- 16-20 Aug 2011
Come along and see my show Angelos Epithemiou and Friends, I don't know who my friends are yet, but they... Full listing
Tom Lenk: Nerdgasm
- Storytelling
- 12.50
- 12 Aug 2011
Nerdgasm [n]: The excitement of one's nerdy or geeky tendencies causing a sensory overload. For one night only, Tom Lenk... Full listing
The Boom Jennies: Blowout
- Sketch show
- 10
- 3-14 & 16-28 Aug 2011
A boisterous late night gobstopper of a sketch show mixing the sharply observed with the outrageously silly. Join [i]the Boom... Full listing
The Comedy Zone
- Stand-up
- 10.50
- 3-28 Aug 2011
The Fringe's original, longest running, most prestigious stand-up showcase returns with the hottest new talent on the comedy circuit: Hari... Full listing
Robin and Partridge: Worlds Collide
- Multimedia / storytelling
- 8.50
- 3-9, 11-16 & 18-29 Aug 2011
Small-minded business guru Jeremy wants you to win, but is plagued by visions of shirtless, Canadian spirit guide, Freaky Dave.... Full listing
Katherine Ryan: Little Miss Conception
- 9.50
- 3-14 & 16-29 Aug 2011
'Warped wit ... striking presence ... killer lines ... calm confidence' (Scotsman), 'Dark remarks ... sugary innocence' (Evening Standard). Who... Full listing
AAA Stand-Up Late
- Stand-up
- 10
- 3-29 Aug 2011
Total sell-out in 2010 returns with a brand new line-up: Danny Ward, 'observational humour brilliantly delivered ... top quality stand-up'... Full listing
Jeff Leach: A Leach On Society
- Stand-up
- 9.50
- 3-18 & 22-29 Aug 2011
Jeff Leach (star of Big Brother's Big Mouth, BBC Switch, Virgin Media On Demand, Current TV) bares his soul and... Full listing
Men Of War
- Sketch show
- 10
- 3-16 & 18-28 Aug 2011
Highly anticipated sketch show from the producers of The Reduced Edinburgh Fringe Impro Show. Starring David Schaal (Jay's dad from... Full listing
Rob Deering: Beat This
- Stand-up / musical
- 9.50
- 5-6, 12-13, 19-20 & 26-27 Aug 2011
Beat This, the music-based game show from 'brilliant musical comedian' (Time Out) Rob Deering, returns to the Pleasance this Edinburgh.... Full listing
The Special Reserve Comedy Benefit
- 10
- 23 Aug 2011
Some of the best comedians at the Fringe join this annual comedy bonanza in aid of Charlie Harthill Special Reserve,... Full listing
The Wrestling
- Variety
- 10
- 15 Aug 2011
World-class wrestlers meet world-class comedians in a late night, heart-pounding, edge-of-your seat spectacular. For one night only the Edinburgh Festival... Full listing
The Suitcase Royale in Zombatland
- Music / play
- 10
- 3-15 & 17-28 Aug 2011
The hilariously inventive Royale boys are back with another masterfully-mad tale from the dusty-plains of the Australian outback. Welcome to... Full listing
Rich Hall's Hoedown
- Stand-up
- 16
- 3-14 & 16-28 Aug 2011
Join Rich and his virtuoso musical mates, Ronnie Golden, Rob Childs, Nick Pynn, Antonio Forccionne ('nuff said) for a late-night... Full listing
The Great Big Sketch Off!
- Sketch show
- 6
- 5, 12, 19 & 26 Aug 2011
50 performers, 12 teams and four shows. Time to compete for the title of the Ultimate Sketch Act. [i]The Great... Full listing